My favourite fact about komodos is that they're also an example of island dwarfism!
2026-07-30 00:32:45
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Olivand Jasper :
They run faster than you'd like, too
2026-07-30 02:00:18
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Benny J :
So a Komodo dragon is more advanced than we are...
2026-07-29 21:40:05
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Mel Reed-Trahan :
Those are aliens
2026-09-05 19:57:27
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Shermiciraptor :
they also have so much bacteria in their mouths that they're basically venomous 😂
2026-07-29 23:23:14
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Trix_The_Bird🚦 :
Also, scientists believe they are an example of insular DWARFISM. Meaning, they used to be a lot bigger before they ended up stuck on islands and shrunk due to different environment.
2026-09-05 08:57:36
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Jon :
Their giant ancestors once occupied the island of Flores, in Indonesia - an island they shared with a species of human known as H. fiorensis, or "hobbit people". Due to a phenomenon known as "island dwarfism", these human cousins averaged about three feet tall. So in a sense, as far as they were concerned, Komodo dragons were just plain goddamn dragons.
2026-07-30 02:14:25
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Andy Poellnitz :
life uh finds a way
2026-09-05 14:27:22
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Ryan :
The young ones actually live in trees for their first 1-4 years to avoid cannibalism since the adults don’t climb as often.
2026-09-05 14:58:14
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Troy Major :
plus they are slightly venomous. they bite you, inject venom, then they stalk you.
the venom is not deadly at all but it acts like a drug that makes you slow, sleepy, and delerious.
at that point, the victim is easy prey.
2026-09-05 10:54:28
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Dragbeat :
The ancestor of komodo dragons is even worse
2026-07-29 23:11:28
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WeNeedArticle2section4 :
You forgot their venom
2026-09-05 09:06:32
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Tuukka 🇫🇮 :
They also have venom glands and eat people. Latest confirmed case was in 2009. And they can swim long distances and momentarily outrun a human. So basically they just decided to not conquer the world and just chill in a few islands in Indonesia.
2026-07-30 03:24:56
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Mary Connor958 :
Go home nature, you are drunk!
2026-07-29 22:01:34
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IrisMorgana :
and we have proveen and disproven if they have gross bacteria or venom so many times that no one knows the truth in these comments
2026-07-30 05:29:49
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PabloTrance :
If we give them an extra century they are gonna start spitting fire.
2026-07-30 22:04:49
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Martinfected 🍉🇺🇦 :
They're also venomous. The venom contains anticoagulants and stuff that lowers blood pressure and causes shock. Think heavy bleeding that doesn't stop because the blood can't thicken, and rapid organ failure because the organs don't get blood and oxygen 🙃
2026-07-30 01:01:29
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pamscott442 :
Just visited Komodo island earlier this week. They are very scary and the ranger told us that of the bite doesn’t kill their prey, the thousands of bacteria in their mouths will
2026-07-30 05:33:45
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JessiO :
Petition to have my body donated to k dragon island so I can be somebody's snack at least once
2026-07-30 04:49:53
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Jack :
Bro forgot to add the venom they had
2026-07-30 22:45:17
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sø.søsa :
fym third eye?
2026-07-29 22:12:52
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Ray Fisher :
Craziest thing about them (to me): they’re DWARFS, not giants!
2026-07-30 20:53:05
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Ariez :
When you visit them, please remember the closest hospital is like 2hour away with helicopter. They have to fly you to Bali or you will die from bacterial infection from their saliva. The small one living on the tree and adults on the ground in the bushes waiting to attack their pray.
2026-07-30 18:23:22
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